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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Xittlc Bustard 



THE Little Bustard (Of is tefrax, Linnaeus), which is a rare 

 straggling spring, autumn, and winter migrant, inhabits the 

 South-western Palearctic Region. The adult male of this 

 bustard bears a close resemblance in the colouration of the 

 plumage to that of Otis tarda, but the chest is crossed by 

 two black bands, and the moustachial plumes (which are 

 conspicuous in the great bustard) are absent ; irides, bright 

 yellow; bill, brownish; tip, darker; legs and feet, dusky- 

 yellow. Length, from sixteen to seventeen inches. 



